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How voters decide : information processing during election campaigns /

"This book attempts to redirect the field of voting behavior research by proposing a paradigm-shifting framework for studying voter decision making. An innovative experimental methodology is presented for getting "inside the heads" of citizens as they confront the overwhelming rush of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lau, Richard R.
Otros Autores: Redlawsk, David P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in public opinion and political psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A new theory of voter decision making
  • Studying voting as a process
  • What is correct voting?
  • What voters do : a first cut
  • Individual differences in information processing
  • Campaign effects on information processing
  • Evaluating candidates
  • Voting
  • Voting correctly
  • Political heuristics
  • A look back and a look forward
  • Appendix A: Detailed examples of decision strategies in action
  • Appendix B: How the dynamic information board works
  • Appendix C: Overview of experimental procedures
  • Appendix D: Detailed decision scripts
  • Appendix E: Calculating the on-line evaluation counter.